However, he found school difficult: “I was never comfortable sitting down. His mother was also involved in the productions; though she died when Nigel was 18. By the age of 8 he already had a manager and in 1984 he made his first major television appearance in the BBC1 drama series Tenko which was followed by appearances in Alas Smith and Jones (1986) and The Honey Siege (1987). Having only worked on the stage and in musical theatre since leaving high school, Nigel determined to expand into television and pursued TV roles.
